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1871 62 STAT.] UNITED KINGDOM-MILITARY AIR BASES-FEB . 24 , 1948 or shall be entered into in pursuance of the Bases Agreement; and "the Leased Area" means the Leased Area concerned. "Territory" means a part of His Majesty's dominions in which a Leased Area is situated; and "the Territory" means the Territory concerned. "Civil Aircraft" means aircraft other than those used in military, customs, or police services. "Civil air carrier" means any civilian air transport enterprise offer- ing or operating air services for the transport, for hire or reward, of passengers, mail or cargo. "Civil aviation purposes" means purposes connected with the use of a Base by civil aircraft in accordance with the provisions of the present Agreement. "Traffic Rights" means the right to take on to civil aircraft or to discharge from civil aircraft, passengers, mail or cargo. "Charter flights" means all non-scheduled flights undertaken for reward by civil aircraft. "Non-traffic purposes" means any purpose other than taking on or discharging passengers, mail or cargo. "Territory of the United Kingdom" includes all territory under the sovereignty, suzerainty, protection, mandate or trusteeship of the United Kingdom, and the territorial waters adjacent thereto; "civil aircraft of the United Kingdom" and "civil air carriers of the United Kingdom" include the civil aircraft and the civil air carriers of any such territory. Expressions referring to persons present in the Territory for civil aviation purposes include persons who are in the Territory by reason of the use of the Base for civil aviation purposes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, being duly authorized thereto, have signed the present Agreement. DON. at Washington, in duplicate, this twenty-fourth day of Feb- ruary, 1948. FOR TEIE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: G C MARSHALL FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: INVERCHAPEL